Friday, July 14, 2006
Happy Bastille Day
Happy Bastille Day from New Orleans. I have heard not a peep of the annual Waiters Race or any other observance, which makes this a damn sad day in Debrisville. Porquois pas le bons temps roulet?
For the unitiated (everybody outside of NOLA), the mark on the Flag of New Orleans is called a rescue mark. It indicates a building was searched during the early days of the Federal flood, on the date (at top) by whom (at left-- in this case NOLA, since we are being forced to save ourselves), and the number of persons or bodies found. One thousand, five hundred and seventy seven is the last dealth toll I have seen for Katrina and the Federal flood in Louisiana.
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Since I'm in full blown Dickensian mode, I'm considering casting bloggers in a non-production of "A Tale Of Two Cities." I see Dangerblond as Madame Defarge already. I'll wait until after the geek dinner and probably won't do it then. I'm looking forward to meeting you.
Btw, didn't you write a post around "Us And Them" at one point? It occurred to me after my own semi-Floydian ramble.
Btw, didn't you write a post around "Us And Them" at one point? It occurred to me after my own semi-Floydian ramble.
I did, and thought about you. I also had you in mind when I wrote on the first post on Kinderblogin:
"Centerville... A real nice place to raise your kids, ahhhh...." and tagged it florescent+leech+and+eddie (who'm I last saw in Audubon Park doing their Turtles Reunion thing way too many years ago).
I'll have to pull out a copy of TofTC before I read for a part.
"Centerville... A real nice place to raise your kids, ahhhh...." and tagged it florescent+leech+and+eddie (who'm I last saw in Audubon Park doing their Turtles Reunion thing way too many years ago).
I'll have to pull out a copy of TofTC before I read for a part.
I think the Flag of New Orleans with the rescue mark would make a better bumper sticker than the upside-down US flag with "We Are Not OK"
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